Introduction - getting to know me!!

OK - this is my first real blog. I started one for my family - but honestly - there are just so many things that you don't want your family to read! This will tend to focus on day to day life; raising kids, keeping house, marriage, homeschooling, and general musings on simplicity and frugality. If you want to talk politics or current events this isn't the place for you. If you want to know the dish on Hollywood or Washington look elsewhere - I live in the real world and don't have time for that nonsense. (Yes - I am politically active, I know what my elected officials are up to - but unless it's of major importance to me I don't spend alot of time talking about it). I don't watch TV (except the ocassional DVD at night). I get my news from the radio.

I'm a 35 year old housewife and mother of 3 (12,11,2). I'm just venturing into the worlds of homeschooling, blogging, and gardening. (I've had a garden once before - but I really want to get serious about it.)

I'm a devout Christian - some might say evangelical, some might say right wing conservative - but please don't think that makes me narrow minded or hateful. Take some time to get to know me first!

We live out in "God's Country" but we only have a small parcel of land so I'm not experienced in lots of homesteading activities. We love to raise chickens and have considered a pig, but we haven't taken the plunge yet. My garden plan in small - just enough for our family and maybe a little left over to share.

I was fascinated by the PBS series "Frontier House" and still watch it from time to time. It ignited something in me that I can't define - a sense of overload, a yearning for a place of peace in a hectic world, no matter the cost. I have to admit - this is why I chose the name "Montana" as my signature.